THE CONGRESS: Sinesco Discens

The year: 1867, in the dark aftermath
of the Civil War. In that year New York's ruthless Roscoe Conkling and
Ohio's tough, slovenly Ben Wade ruled the U.S. Senate, waving the
vengeful flag of Reconstruction. In that year, too, in Providence,
R.I., was born Theodore Francis Green, a kind and gentle person whoa
full 70 years laterentered the Senate. Last week, closing out his
fourth term, "Teddy" Green announced that he would not stand for
re-election in 1960. At 92, he was already the oldest man ever to serve
in Congress.